CrossFit Whip

Tag: Dumbbell Push Press

My shoulders and wrists are sore from the handstand walking and my traps are really sore from so many cleans.

Warm-up

8:00 AMRAP

10/10 Kroc Rows (25#)

10 Weighted Step-ups (24″, 25#)

5/5 Single Arm DB Push Press (25#)

10 Alternating DB Hammer Curls (25#)

30s Hollow Hold

Did two rounds plus the Kroc rows and 7 step-ups.

Skill

We had 10 minutes to work on handstand related stuff (hold, press, walk), so of course I practicing my walking. And yet again, the programming spends a good portion of class fatiguing the movement most important in the conditioning piece. I feel like they are trying to trap you! Maybe this stuff is going to pay off in the Open, but just seems so odd and is completely different from any other program I’ve seen. I didn’t make too many attempts with so many handstand push-ups coming up and I was tired from last night, but I did get out to 8-10 feet a couple of times.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

500m Row

14 DB Step-Back Lunges (50# DBs)

14 HSPU

My goal was 1:50-1:55 on the rower, unbroken lunges, and break the handstand push-ups into 8-6. I figured rounds would take around 3:30. Screwed up the order right off the back and did my 8 HSPU before the lunges. Whoops! No I didn’t do them over again. 😛 I finished at 17:54, so my guess was pretty damn close because a 3:30 average would have been 17:30. The lunges were much easier than I expected. Pushed hard to keep my pace on the rower. Here are my splits:

1:50.1

1:51.0

1:51.2

1:51.6

1:51.7

A 1:50 pace equates to about 1,200 cal/hr, so it’s good to know I can stay in the ballpark during a longer workout. If I would have started each row better I think I would have been much closer after the first one too.

Accessory

Dumbbell Curl 21s

7-7-7 @ 15#

7-7-7 @ 20#

7-7-7 @ 20#

It was time to bump up the weight from 15-15-20 and the third set was pretty tough. Even with this bonus work I was still done before the 5pm class started.

Finally ventured out to the gym today after being at home for a couple of days with the weather. Went to the 4pm class.

Warm-up

5 Rounds

30s Double Dumbbell Curls (12#)

30s Piked Shoulder Taps

30s Single Leg Plank

30s Hollow Hold

Everyone was making fun of me for my light curls!

Conditioning

10:00 EMOM (alt)

AMRAP: 4 Alt. Lunges + 4 Push-ups

Row

3:00 Rest

10:00 EMOM (alt)

AMRAP: 4 Air Squat + 4 DB Push Press (35#)

Row

I managed to get 4 rounds each minute on both AMRAPs. In the first 10 minutes I felt good on the rower, averaging > 1,300 cal/hour, and getting 99 calories. The second 10 minutes was much harder with the air squats and push presses; they took all the power out of my legs for the row. I struggled to hit 1,200 cal/hr after the first row and totaled 88 calories.

I guess the NCFit programming has already started to ramp down for the Open (or at least on Thursdays). It actually said to row at a moderate pace for this but I wanted to go hard because there are still plenty of gains to get in the next 5 weeks, before the end of the Open. 🙂

Mobility

1:00/1:00 Pigeon

2:00 Saddle

1:00/1:00 Dragon

2:00 Seated Fold Forward

This made my back tight!

Gymnastics

7:00 EMOM

2×5 C2B

Had weird rhythms in some of my sets of 5 but never came off the bar. With my extra gymnastics work usually I go until I have to break a set, but 70 reps was plenty. Stop before a tore hand happens. When I had the correct rhythm, the reps were so much easier, even in the final minute. Watch, there will be pull-ups programmed tomorrow!

Conditioning

5 Rounds

1:00 Bar-facing Burpees

1:00 Rest

Next year I will not suck so bad at these during the Open. Might as well start improving now. I quickly figured out that if I jumped my feet up between my hands, instead of keeping them wide, I would get closer to the bar and go straight into the jump over the bar. It wasn’t a short jump, but I wasn’t wasting time with a bunch of steps. I was able to get 16 reps every round. I could have gotten 17 in the 3rd set and I had some seconds to spare in the other rounds, but not enough to complete a full rep. Really happy with the effort on one of my least favorite movements.

Active Life – Back Max

12:00 For Quality

8/8 Bottoms up KB Press (26#)

8/8 Half Kneeling Halos (26#, around and back)

8/8 Suitcase Deadlift (71#)

8/8 DB Push Press (50#)

Something like this turns into a good little conditioning piece as well. Did 3 rounds. My left arm almost gave out in the last round.

Midline

50 Sit-ups

100 Flutter Kicks

50 Leg Raises

100 Bicycles

Got nasty after going unbroken on the first 2 moves. Finished in 5:35.

My friend Ashley was out of town this weekend, so no Sunday workout at the gym. I used up my 2 days this week anyway with the Open workout. Headed out to the garage in the late afternoon workout. Was 55° in there so I didn’t even bother to turn on the heat.

My chest started getting sore yesterday afternoon and my shin area is still a bit tight.

Active Life – Back Max

3 Sets

8/8 Bottoms Up KB Press (25#)

8/8 Half Kneeling Halos (25#, around and back)

8/8 One Arm Suitcase Deadlift (70# KB)

8/8 One Arm DB Push Press (50#)

Was supposed to be 12:00 but I didn’t realize until after the 1st set, so I never started the clock. I think 3 sets would have been about right.

Conditioning

E2M 20:00

10 Burpees

20 Air Squats

Warmed up a bit in the first round, which took 59 seconds. Started picking up the pace each round and was able to get the last round done in 49 seconds. Happy I was able to keep a solid pace on the air squats without any pauses.

My legs ached all day yesterday. You know that feeling you get when you’ve been walking the entire day? It was like that but more intense. I was tired from staying up late to watch Duke too, so turned it in to a rest day. Out in the garage today before a really late lunch.

Warm-up

3:00 Airdyne (0.91 mile)

3 Sets

7/7 DB OHS (40#)

10 Glute Bridge (50#)

10/10 Single Arm Single Leg DB RDL (40#)

I felt the warning signs in my back during the RDLs, so it was an easy decision not to back squat today like I had planned. I’ve learned my lesson a few times when I ignored that feeling.

Conditioning

20:00 AMRAP

400m Run

20 DB Push Press (40#)

40 Air Squats

It was 59° outside so I changed my workout to do something with running. Thought I’d have to break up the push presses, but it turned out to be a pretty ideal weight for this. Finished 4 rounds, the run and 10 of the presses. Nice to be outside even though I’m so fucking slow.

Walked 18 yesterday. My back didn’t bother me in any swings, but it has been tight and not normal the last two days. Minor tweak like I thought. Today my shins are sore from the broad jumps, hammies sore from the RDLs, and I have some other soreness in various parts of my legs. A whole lot of snatching in today’s workout at the gym, so I hit up a garage workout.

Warm-up – 3 Sets

200m Ski Erg

20 Push-ups

The push-ups were much harder than the other day. I’m really feeling my lats from those pull-ups the other day. Was going to do HSPU in the metcon but after this I decided that would have been a bad idea.

Conditioning

30:00 AMRAP

10 T2B

20 Air Squats

120’ Single Arm Kettlebell Rack Carry (53#)

10 DB Push Presses (35# DBs)

20 Russian KBS (50#)

120’ Single Arm Kettlebell Rack Carry (53#)

Did 5-5 on every set of toes to bar and everything else was unbroken. Made it through 7+30.

There was a bunch of heavy barbell work at the gym today, so I did Wednesday’s workout in the garage.

Warm-up

12:00 EMOM (alt)

8/8 Single Arm Strict Press (25#)

15 strokes on Ski Erg

30s Dead Hang

The 15 strokes was essentially 100 meters.

Gymnastics Strength

15:00 EMOM

3 Strict C2B Pull-ups

All quick singles. Could have done 4 or 5.

Conditioning

20:00 AMRAP

10/10 Single Arm DB Push Press (40#)

500m Ski Erg

My original thought was to average 2:00/500m, but that quickly changed to being under 2:02. I got through 7 rounds plus the 20 push presses. That was a lot of time on the Ski Erg. I wore my gloves because the handles wear on the crease of my hand if I use the machine a lot.

It was a lovely 84° in the garage again. I had a nice puddle of sweat under the erg.